Necktie-frame.



No. &46,527. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

W. o. TRUMAN.

NBGKTIE FRAMB. APPLIOATION'FILED mm. 14. 1906.

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No 346521 PATENTID M AR 12, 1907.

w. G..TRUMAN.

NECKTIE PRAME.

APPLIUATION PILED DBO 14 1906 2 SEEETS-SEEBT 2.

UNITED s'rAr s re'rnnr titoli;

W AM CHARLES RUM N, or LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

' NCKTlE-FRM&

No. &46,527.

i A plication filed December 14. 1906 Serial No. 347.778

.To toi/Z whom 't may concerns e Be it known that I, WILLIAM CHARLES TRUMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, 'resding at London, England',` have inventecl certain new and useful Improvements in N ecktie-Frames, and of which the followtie een be placed an tied into a knot having` doWnWard-depending ends commonlycalled i e seilor s lmot," and such frames have been successfully employed and apprecieted by users. Soh a treme as I have htherto oonstruoted hee been formed With a Vertceily-` arrenged loop or slot at each end of a horizontal ber eurved to fit closelyto the colier, end such e treme has had :i downwerdly inclined tongue projecting centrelly and forwordly from the horizontal curved bar, and around this projecting tongue or bar the tie Was knotted and supported, while spring-&wwe

.Were made beneath the horizontal member to grip the coller-stud. Upon e treme so constructed only a knot having the endent ends could be formed, and therefore t e usefuiness of the treme Was limited to that particular kind of knot, Wherees I here found thot it would be a very considerehie improvement' to construet the :treme so that not only sould i such e' knot be formed thereon, but else an,

ordinary bow could be made et other times upon the same freme-thet is to soy, therefore, that the object of the inventonis to construct e treme similar in menyreepects to that before stated but so made that either e bow or e knot can be` ;tormedthereon With the tie, &s desred et `the'time. To end instead of, the` tongue beforementioned i". form a metal ioop proceeding fron the center of the upper horizontal meniher extendng frontwerd. `and being downwardly inclined.

This loop stands somewhet away froni' the vertical face of the curved treme, and this treme', which is enrved to &dopt itself to 'the contour of the collar, is forme& else With 'e horzontelly-extending locp below its upper horizontal eurved. member-,while the 'a erti-- cally-erranged loop ere construeted et each end of the seid horzontei member.

Below the horizontal loop eforesad spring-jewe`ere Specifiction of Letters Patent.

treme.

'etented March 12, IQCW i provided to admt endto hold the shank e the oollar-stud.

In order that my inventionmey" be readily understood, I will `describe the sanewith reference to the eccompanying drtwings, Whereoni i Figure 1 is a perspective 'View of the treme eonstrueted according to m present inven tion, While Figs. 2, 3, i, en 5 iliustrete varous stegcs in placing and tying the tie in po stion thereon to form a bow; and higs. 6, 7, and 8 show three stoges in the plaong and tying of the tie upon the same treme in order-` to 'form a knot having pendent ends.

Referring to Fig. 1, the treme is shown constructed of Wire and is so forned that it possesses a curved horizontal bar L'having, as in the treme before nentioned, two vertieally arrjangedend loops 2 3 and ai central loop 4, whilebeneeth this loop there is e, oentmi epertnre 5 to receive the shani( of the' collar-stud, which skeni( pesses into such aperture between the jews 6, formed by the Proceeding from the upper partof the horizontal treme 1 I, aecordingto the present iuvontion, provide e forwerdly-extending loo 7-that is, the plane of the loop extends from the upper part ot' the horizontal member It forwardly and inclined 'down Werdly, standing sonewhet away et its lower part from th curred lene of that portion of the treme din' Between the two loope 53 i tmi e mund. thot e\ convenient shege tor the ?Loop 7' is SllCZ Wfl---tl1tt is, proceeding froni the upper horizontal member `it may he shaped so that its two straight perts diver e &port et en engle from the center of the seid pper member, the ende of these two straight parte being united by a, suhstantielly.

strmtielly peralle/l npper and lower horizontal 4 'The deviee shown is oonstruoted of wire;` but t may be stemped or otherwise t'ormed from sheet metal.

Now with such e CGIISTUC'LOX when a,

neektie is: to he :placed on the renie and tied into e bow the tie ie first threeded through the verticel end loops 2 3 by passing one end of the tie through from the real" of the'r'ght i hand loo'p 2, (considerng the f'ane froni the front) drawing; the tie over the front of the frame and then threading the end of the tie from the front side through the left-hand loop 3 and then the tie is drawn through the loops until, say, the left-hand loop 3 coincides with about the center of the length of the tie, and at Fig. 2 the tie has been drawn through the loops 2' 3 in the manner stated. The left end 8 of the tie is then threaded from the front through the forwardly-extending loop 7 and through the horizontal loop 4 in the frame, and so to th 3 back, as has been done at Fig. 2, of the drawi'iigs. This having been done, the right-hand end 9 of the tie is doubled upon itself, as shown at the lower part of Fig. 2 and held upon the face of the frame,` as shown at Fig. 3. The other end 8 of the tie is then brought over from 'the back of the frame over the top edge and over the front of the folded right-hand end 9 and is threaded, as shown at Fig. 3, from the back through the lower part of the forwardly-projecting loop 7. This left-hand end 8 of the tie is then drawn forwardly and its end folded back, as shown at Fig. 4, and threaded through the central fold 10 or strap of the bow which has just been produced, and the bow is tied by pulling the under side of the last loop formed. The bow having been so formed' upon the frame is always ready for immediate application, and, if so desred, the tie can be readily removed and another substituted on the same frame.

When a knot is to be formed upon this improved frame, the tie is threaded through the vertical end loops in the same way as for tying the bow, and then one end of the tie is wrapped twice over the opposite end in front of the frame, as shown at Fig. 6. The end 11 of the tie is then passed to the back of the frame and threaded through the horizontal loop 4, as shown at Fig. 7, and the end is then brought over the front of the frame, as shown at Fig. 8, and threaded through the strap 12 of the knot and drawn down sufficiently over the frame, so as to form a very perfect sail or's knot, While when such a knot is made the loop. 7 of the frame supports it sufiiciently' from bcneath and serves as a medium by which the frame can be gripped by the fingers of the weare'r in order to insert the jaws over'the shank of the stud when applying the frame to the collar.

It will be understood that this frame is principally adapted for use with those collars which have a double fold of material and which are turned down, so that the ends of the frame are concealed behind the folds of the collar. v

What I claim as my invention, and (les ire to secure by patent, is'- i 1. In a frame or support upon which a necktie is to be tied before being attached to the collar of the wcarcr; the combination with a horizontalbar curved to fit closely to j the collar and having at each end a verti- &46,527

cally-standing loop, and having a loop centrally bcneath said bar, and two lower de-' standing away from the vertical face of' tte.

curved frame substantially as set forth.

2. In a frame or' support upon which a necktie is to be tied before being attached to the collar of the wearer; the combination with a horizontal bar curved to fit closely to the coll ar and having at each end a verticallystanding loop, and having a loop centrally bcneath said bar, .and two lower depending resilient arms meeting entrally, and at their meeting faces each having a corresponding semicircular indentation to admit and rip the shani( of a stud; of a member procee i from about the center of the upper horizonta bar, extending in a straight line downwardly and being forwardly inclined, then exte'ndin substantially horizontally for a distance an again bent and extending upwardly to about the' center of the horizontal bar-to form a somewhat triangularly-shaped loop composed of the said two angularly-bent straight potions and the horizontal portion, said loop-formed member standin away from the vertical face of the curve frame substantially as set forth. 4

3. In a frame or support upon which a necktie is to be tied before being attached to the collar of the wcarer; the combihation with a horizontal bar curved to fit closely t0` the collar and having at each end a verticallystanding loop and having parallel horizontal members forming a horizontal loop centrally bcneath said. bar, and two lower depending arms extending from the lower member of' said horizontal loop members, meeting centrally, and at tleir meeting faces each having a corresponding semicircular indentation to admit and grip the shank of a stud; of a member bent into loop form, proceeding from about the center of I the upper horizontal bar, being downwardly inclined, and standing away from the vertical face of the curved frame substantially as set forth.

4. In a frame or support upon which a necktie is tobe tied before being attached to the .collar of the Wearer; the combination with a horizontal bar curved to fit closely to the collar and having at each end a verticallystanding loop, and having parallel horizontal members forming a horizontal loop centrally bcneath said bar, and two lower depending resilient arms extending from the lower member of said horizontal loop members, meeting centrally, *and at their meetingfaces each having a corrcsponding semicircular indentation to admit and grip the shani( of a 5 suhstan-tialiy horzontally for a distance and.

stud; of` a, member pr'oceeding fromqabou': 5 loop-fo med member standing away from the center of the upper hormontal ben' ex,- the Vertical face of the our'ved %rame sub tending in a straight lnodownwardly and stantiztlly &s set forth.

being forwardly ncluned.,` then xtendng i In Wtness Whereof I have hereunto set .my

hand. in the presence of two witnesses.

a azin bent and extondng upwm'dly to about z the Centarot the horizontal'hztr to form al WILLIAM CHARLES TRUN I somewhat tringuiarly sha ed loop com@ Witnesses: r

posed of the said two angula' y-bent straight THOMAS W, ROGERS, l

o port 'ons md the horizontal portion, said WILLIAM A. MARSHALL. 

